Mine detail: San Luis Wash Tungsten Placers

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Location

Lat / long: 31.51624, -111.40097

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Gold
Ore: Scheelite, Wolframite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1952

Geology

Host type:Gravel
Tectonic:Basin And Range

References

MRDSM050238
DEP10109602
Reference{Deposit:: KEITH, S.B., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189, P. 106.}{Deposit:: DALE, V.B., STEWART, L.A., MCKINNEY, W.A., 1960, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF COCHISE, PIMA, AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES, ARIZ.: USBM RI 5650.}{Deposit:: HEYLMUN, E.B., 1987, THE SAN LUIS MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA: CALIFORNIA MINING JOURNAL, V. 56, NO 10, P. 71-75.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: ( 1 ) KEITH, S. B., 1974 , P. 106; HEYLMUN, E.B., 1987, P. 74.}
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